External Evidence: Epiphanius
External Evidence: EpiphaniusEpiphanius was a bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. His Panarion (the Medicine Chest) was a massive tome against various forms of heresies.
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| 10 εὐθῦς δὲ μετὰ τὸν Ματθαῖον ἀκόλουθος γενόμενος ὁ Μάρκος τῷ ἁγίῳ Πέτρῳ ἐν Ῥώμῃ ἐπιτρέπεται τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἐκθέσθαι καὶ γράψας ἀποστέλλεται ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Πέτρου εἰς τὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων χώραν. | 10 Immediately after Matthew, Mark, who was a follower of St. Peter in Rome, was entrusted to set forth the gospel and, after he wrote, he was sent forth by St. Peter to the area of Egypt. |
| 11 οὗτος δὲ εἷς ἐτύγχανεν ἐκ τὸν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, τῶν διασκορπισθέντων ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι ᾧ εἶπεν ὁ κυρίος, Ἐὰν μή τις φάγῃ μου τὴν σάρκα καὶ πίῃ μου τὸ αἷμα, οὐκ ἔστι μου ἄξιος, ὡς τοῖς τὰ εὐαγγέλια ἀναγνοῦσι σαφὴς <εἴη> ἡ παράστασις· ὅμως διὰ Πέτρου ἐπανακάμψας εὐαγγελίζεσθαι καταξιοῦται, πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ἐμπεφορημένος. | 11 He happened to be one of the seventy-two, who were scattered abroad upon the word that the Lord said, "Unless someone eats my flesh and drinks my blood, they are not worthy of me" [John 6:53 + Matt. 10:37], as the proof would be clear to those who read the gospel: likewise, after he returned back, he was deemed worthy by Peter to evangelize, being filled with the holy spirit. |
| 12 ἄρχεται δὲ κηρύττειν ὅθεν τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτῳ παρεκελεύσατο, τὴν ἀρχὴν τάττων ἀπὸ πεντεκαιδεκάτοῦ ἔτους Τιβερίου Καίσαρος, μετὰ ἔτη τριάκοντα τῆς τοῦ Ματθαῖου πραγματείας. | 12 He began to preach from what the holy spirit encouraged, laying down the beginning from the fifteen year of Tiberius Caesar [Emperor 14-37], after thirty years of the careful study of Matthew. |
- The Ecole Initiative (Early Church On-Line Encyclopaedia)
- Karen Rae Keck, "Epiphanius of Salamis (Cyprus)" (glossary)
- New Advent Catholic Website
- Louis Saltet, "Epiphanius of Salamis", in Catholic Encyclopedia (1910)